The Missing

In this spellbinder by critically acclaimed author Tim Gautreaux, Sam Simoneaux returns from World War I to rebuild his life. But when a girl is snatched from the New Orleans department store where he¿s working, he hops aboard a Mississippi steamboat to find her¿and dredges up ghosts from his painful past.

¿An exceptional novel ¿ fluent prose, accomplished storytelling, and strong characterizations in this paean to the indefatigability of the human spirit.¿¿Booklist